Great American Jobs Scam Corporate Tax Dodging and the Myth of Job Creation

Name: Great American Jobs Scam Corporate Tax Dodging and the Myth of Job Creation
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ISBN: 9781576753156

ISBN-10: 1576753158

ISBN-13: 9781576753156

Edition: 2005

Authors: Greg LeRoy

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Almost every city and state in America has been slammed by a multilevel scandal, one that involves taxes, jobs, and corporate and political accountability. Under the guise of "economic development," big companies have gotten extraordinary tax breaks, from property tax abatements to land write-downs. Promises of job creation in exchange for these tax breaks have proven hollow, with companies continuing to downsize and outsource at record levels. Government officials are no help - they're well compensated major players in this troubling drama. This timely book explores these abuses in depth, but also offers hope with a series of commonsense reforms that would give taxpayers powerful new tools…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/10/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.12" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Introduction : money for nothing



The tax dodgers are coming! : the tax dodgers are coming!



Site location 101 : how companies decide where to expand or relocate



Fantus and the rise of the economic war among the states



"Single sales factor" and the corporate assault on the income tax



Property tax abatements and your local school



Subsidizing sprawl, subsidizing Wal-Mart



Loot, loot, loot for the home team



Shifting the burden



Building a new consensus for reform